Activity-based models are replacing commonly used traditional four-step models due to their high temporal and spatial resolution, integrity, interdependency, and behavioural basis. The foundation of an activity-based model ...

Nanotechnology is one of the evolving modern technologies, increasingly being adopted in the construction industry. Nanomaterials provide numerous advantages over conventional materials such as improvements in quality and ...

Energy security is a critical challenge in today's world. The petroleum product supply chain is highly uncertain due to geopolitical tension and inherent complexity. Sri Lankan petroleum product requirement entirely relies ...

Though paper is still the most common substrate in the printing industry, polymeric substrates are becoming common by the day. Commercially available polymers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride ...

Concrete is one of the most energy consumed materials in construction, which has higher compressive strength but poor in tensile strength. Steel is used to compromise the tensile strength of the concrete. Bamboo is a ...

Government Buildings enable occupation to thousands of inhabitants, including customers and the management. In these places, everybody uses free energy since nobody feels the need for conservation as there is no impact to ...

Open dumping of municipal solid waste (MSW) imposes severe environmental threats in which landfill leachate generation is considered as the predominant. This study aims on treating landfill leachate using a pilot scale ...

Use of thin folded membranes for deployable structures are becoming increasingly popular especially in aerospace applications such as a deployable solar array, sun shields, and solar sails. The folding and compaction process ...

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) has become the most commonly used material in the global beverage bottling industry. PET bottle production has increased by over seven times within the last three decades. However, the use ...

Today, it is obligatory to replace nitrosamine releasing traditional accelerators owing to the various health, safety and environment regulations and surviving with safe alternative is a one of the key challenges in the ...